The Cobwebbed Foreign Mission Fund
AN artist was asked to paint a picture of a decaying church. To the astonishment of many, instead of putting on the canvas an old, tottering ruin, he painted a stately edifice of modern grandeur. Back of the open portals could be seen the richly covered pulpit, the magnificent organ, and the beautiful, stained glass windows. Just inside of the grand entrance, guarded on either side by a pillar of the church in spotless apparel and glittering jewelry, was an “offering plate” of goodly workmanship, for the offerings of the fashionable worshippers. Directly above the “offering plate” there hung a very simply painted square box, bearing the legend, “Collection for Foreign Missions.” But right over the slot through which contributions ought to have gone, he had painted a huge cobweb.